Salviati (glassmakers)

Salviati (glassmakers)

A family called Salviati were glass makers and mosaicists in Murano, Venice and also in London, working as the firm Salviati, Jesuram & Co. of 213 Regent Street, London; also as Salviati and Co. and later (after 1866) as the Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company (Today Pauly & C. - Compagnia Venezia Murano).The founder of the company was Antonio Salviati.The family included Giulio Salviati (1843-1898) and worked on several buildings in the United Kingdom during the 19th century, including:

*the Albert Memorial
*Westminster Cathedral
*the Council House, Birmingham
*the Chamberlain Memorial, Birmingham.
*St David's Cathedral in Wales.

The company was later acquired in 1999 by the French glassmaker that would later be known as Arc International.

External links

* [http://www.sacred-destinations.com/wales/st-davids-cathedral-photos/high-altar-mosaics.htm The mosaics above the high altar in St David's Cathedral, Wales]
* [http://www.sacred-destinations.com/wales/st-davids-cathedral-photos/high-altar-mosaic-detail.htm Detail from the above - St David's Cathedral]
* [http://www.pauly.it Official Site of Pauly & C. | CVM - Compagnia Venezia Murano]


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